Chanel Stylo Eyeshadow Fresh Effect Eyeshadow from the Été Papillon de Chanel Collection for Summer 2013

Chanel's limited-edition Stylo Eyeshadow Fresh Effect Eyeshadows ($34) are featured in the last dark indoor photo of a photo I'll show you to introduce the Été Papillon de Chanel Collection for Summer 2013. For those who haven't been reading this week, Saks Chevy Chase shared the photos of upcoming collections. I couldn't take them outside for better snapshots because it was very cloudy.

With a smooth-gliding applicator pen, these Stylo Eyeshadows deliver lightweight, long-wearing color to highlight the lids or precisely line the eyes with gleaming color. There are six gleaming shades, from light and soft to dark and metallic.

Chanel says this eye shadow pen doubles as an eyeliner. The pen will create an iridescent, long-lasting effect. The cooling, water-infused formula should feel good. The specially designed angled tip permits versatile application - whether you want to use it as a shadow or a liner.

The shades look fabulous.

• Moon River (platinum)
• Cool Gold (luminous gold)
• Pink Lagoon (fresh pink) 
• Jade Shore (tender green)
• Blue Ray (silvery turquoise blue) - a shade that's prominent at Chanel for summer
• Black Stream (silvery black)

When you want to use it as an eye shadow, Chanel recommends that you apply to the lids in one stroke for a sheer, halo effect, or build the color with several strokes for more intensity. When you want to use it as a liner, Chanel suggests that you apply it with the tip toward the inner corner of the eye and smooth the color outward along the inner lash line. Under the lower lashes, apply from the outer to inner corner, with the tip turned toward the outer corner of the eye. Does that make sense? I'll just experiment when the Stylo Eyeshadows arrive at counters.

That arrival should be in late April or early May. The Été Papillon de Chanel Collection for Summer 2013 ships in mid-April, which means a two-week lag until we see it in stores.

I do have three lip colors from summer to show you. Perhaps this wasn't my last feature with a dark photo of a photo. We'll see.

Photo by Best Things in Beauty